Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-24
AMY sHERwfU.
seAething About Her Career ana r.,.

out Her Career aud Lifs.
MISS onerwin, who il but % years Of 40.
was born In the Australian bush. in the lila.
OF Tasmania. and her life has bean .lro.,
wonderful a. Cinderella's, her vo;ca h.v;,c
served as the glass slipper. Her father emil
grated from England and cleared I'M farm
In the Tasmanian wilderness. The girl ,,e-
up here with no advantages. save . mother.
framing. The family's nearest ne;ohho-.
lived ten miles away. On one memorable
oay' when she was ten or dozen year, old
she went to Launceston, a Tasmanian c;tv ~
4o'ooo Inhabitants, and visited her sister. vbo
was settled there. Her sister discovared ,h.,
'ne child had superior voice, and it wa.
through her influence that Amy mad her
nrst public appearance-in the we'll known
juvenile operetta, "Puss in Boots" Not
long afterwards. she and her two siste "a ammo
In musical tournament at Melbourne and
won the three highest prizes. Such a fea,
excited wide attention, of course. and tho
victory gave an impetus to the young girls
love of music. In 1877, when she was bpt IL
years old, Signor Pompei, with an Italian
opera company, made tour of the
Australian continent Amy Sherwin sang to
him. Signor Pompei saw in her voice a phe.
nomenon. He told her he would give her an
engagement with his company if she would
| learn the operas Norma and "Don Pas.
quale' IN one week. She performed this re.
markable achievement and in Sydney. Aus.
traila, IN 1877, made her debut, with Sippor
| fompers company. Her success was instan-
taneous and since that day has been uninter
rupted.
After her tour with Pompei. she was en-
gagged with the Liszt Italian Opera Company
and sung in Lucia" 'Somnambula, .sil
Frovatore" and "Mauritana," through Aus.
traila She was only II then, but her name
was known all through the Southern Pacific
Islands and she was earning 5000 a week.
She afterwards went to Sydney and made a
trip through New Zealand with Emblat, the
great Swedish basso. During this period she
met and was married to a young man whose
history is as full of strange interest as her ow n
who has been citizen of Richmond, in this
State, for several years, and has become
somewhat known in Maine as the only Maine
count and a man of strong individuality. He
| ls son of Count Louis Won Gorlitz, Ger
| man n0bleman, and was born near Saar.
brucken, on the French frontier, the scene
| of the first battle Of the Franco Prussiar
war.
Miss Sherwin first appeared in this country
with the New York Oratorio Society in New
York city in 1880. She sung in the "Damna
ton OF Faust" and made great triumph. 1,
at once gave her splendid American reputa
ton. In the following Nav she was the lead
ing soprano in the great Cincinnati festival,
and added to her honors. The next year she
made an extensive tour through the West
and South with the Boston Philharmonic
Club, directed by Bernard Li.teman In
May, 1881, she went to Europe, where she
remained for two years studying
oratorio and German opera with
Stockhausen, in Frankfort; opera and de-
pertinent with Hustache in Paris and Mrs.
Filippi, in Milan. After appearing in Lon
don in opera under Carl Rosa, Miss Sherwin
returned to this country to sing at the Wor-
cester festival in Philadelphia, and previous
to making New England tour she sang in
the Star course in Boston.
Miss Sherwin returned to Europe in 1884
secured o hearing at Covent Garden, brought
down the management and orchestra, and a,
once secured an unusually long engagement,
at a very high salary. She has received g
nightly ovation in Cuvent Garden for three
years, mas 8lso sung at the crystal falace
has taken prominent part in Herr Hans
Richter's concerts, has starred through Eng
land, Scotland and has sung in Germany ir
the Germans own tongue, greatly to theil
delight. She sings with equal ease in foul
languages. She has sung to the Prince and
Princess of Wales and to Prince Bismarck
and her social experience in Europe has in
cluded an acquaintance with the master mer
and women in all spheres of life, as we'll as
with the worlds greatest musicians.